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Gena has finally been able to move back to the United States, after an extended stay in Australia. Fortunately, she was able to spend COVID lockdown time with her Australian fiancee!  Needless to say, it's been a long journey back to America. …

Gena Rhoades (CEO) and Aileen Hale (COO) of TTELT.org have been accepted to present our nonprofit at the Annual CATESOL Conference, this Friday, May 7th at 4pm EST.  They are excited to share the "Why" of TTELT; present example Podcasts, YouTub…

Today I was interviewed on Inspiring E-ducators.  It's a podcast by a teacher in the Phillipines who interviews inspiring teachers.  I feel very fortunate that he wanted to interview me so that I could share some of my story and introduce …

This week I’ve been working a lot on getting things up and running.  I created the gmail account, the patreon account, the youtube channel, the twitter account, the facebook group.  I recorded Episode 0 and did a practice run on my f…

I think I started wanting to be a teacher-trainer about 2 minutes after I became a teacher.  Maybe this is normal for teachers.  Maybe we all just want to share what we know with others in our field.  At least I used to think that. So…

Today something really exciting happened.  Just when I was thinking I needed to start ramping everything up and getting ready to launch my podcast and YouTube channel, I got an email from Keiser University in Nicaragua, out of the blue!  T…

I have become obsessed with podcasts!  I listen to them when I first wake up in the morning—to catch the latest news, to find out how the US election is going, to know what the state of the world is before I am ready to re-engage with it.…

I’ve been thinking and planning this for a while. Some of you even heard me talk about it 5 years ago, but I’ve decided that today is the day.  I’m pulling the trigger, making a plan and making this happen.  My life has t…